Theaters Are Back: The 25 Biggest Movies Coming in 2025

By J. Bachelor
Black America Web
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Many of us have noticed that the cinema experience has seemed a bit.. different since the pandemic ended and we were allowed to once again venture into our local theaters. Simply put, for longer than I’d like to admit, the bulk of films major studios were offering just didn’t hit the same as they did years ago.. but things are beginning to look up for movie fans.

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In 2025, we’ve got sequels, remakes, family flicks, reboots and even a few original concepts in the mix. Cinematic variety goes a long way in enticing folks back into theaters and hopefully, 2025’s movie lineup delivers in a big way and helps preserve our time-honored tradition of checking out a film on the big screen.

With that said. here are 25 of the most highly anticipated films dropping this year.

Theaters Are Back: The 25 Biggest Movies Coming in 2025  was originally published on theboxhouston.com

1. Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

Release Date: January 10, 2025

Synopsis: In Den of Thieves: Pantera, Big Nick (Gerard Butler) is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie (O’Shea Jackson Jr.), who is embroiled in the treacherous and unpredictable world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the world’s largest diamond exchange.

2. Back in Action

Release Date: January 17, 2025

Synopsis: Years after giving up life as CIA spies to start a family, Emily (Cameron Diaz) and Matt (Jamie Foxx) find themselves dragged back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown.

3. Wolf Man

Release Date: January 17, 2025

Synopsis: Blake persuades his wife to take a break from the city and visit some property with their young daughter, Ginger. But as the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. As the night stretches on, however, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable.

4. Flight Risk

Release Date: January 24, 2025

Synopsis: In this high-stakes suspense thriller, Mark Wahlberg plays a pilot transporting an Air Marshal (Michelle Dockery) accompanying a fugitive (Topher Grace) to trial. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.

5. Captain America: Brave New World

Release Date: February 14, 2025

Synopsis: Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, finds himself in the middle of an international incident and must discover the motive behind a nefarious global plan.

6. Snow White

Release Date: March 21, 2025

Synopsis: A live-action musical reimagining of the studio’s classic 1937 film. The magical music adventure journeys back to the timeless story with Rachel Zegler (“West Side Story”) in the title role and Gal Gadot (“Wonder Woman”) as her Stepmother, the Evil Queen.

7. Sinners

Release Date: March 7, 2025

Synopsis: Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. 

8. Mickey 17

Release Date: March 7, 2025

Synopsis: Mickey 17, known as an “expendable,” goes on a dangerous journey to colonize an ice planet.

9. The Electric State

Release Date: March 14, 2025

Synopsis: Set in a retro-futuristic past, this blockbuster adventure from filmmakers Anthony and Joe Russo follows Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown), an orphaned teenager who traverses the American West in search of her younger brother. Joining her on the journey is a sweet but mysterious robot and an eccentric drifter (Chris Pratt). 

10. Minecraft

Release Date: April 4, 2025

Synopsis: Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world while embarking on a quest with an unexpected, expert crafter.

11. Thunderbolts

Release Date: May 2, 2025

Synopsis: A group of supervillains are recruited to go on missions for the government.

12. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Release Date: May 23, 2025

Synopsis: Our lives are the sum of our choices. The adventures of Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) continue this May only in theaters. 

13. Lilo & Stitch

Release Date: May 23, 2025

Synopsis: A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, “Lilo & Stitch” is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.

14. How To Train Your Dragon

Release Date: June 13, 2025

Synopsis: On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup (Mason Thames; The Black Phone, For All Mankind) stands apart. The inventive yet overlooked son of Chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler, reprising his voice role from the animated franchise), Hiccup defies centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society. 

15. 28 Years Later

Release Date: June 20, 2025

Synopsis: It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.

16. F1

Release Date: June 25, 2025

Synopsis: Follows a Formula One driver who comes out of retirement to mentor and team with a younger driver.

17. Jurassic World Rebirth

Release Date: July 2, 2025

Synopsis: Five years post-Jurassic World Dominion, an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough. jurassic world rebirth

18. Superman

Release Date: July 11, 2025

Synopsis: The 2025 film follows the titular superhero as he reconciles his heritage with his human upbringing. He is the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way.

19. Fantastic Four: First Steps

Release Date: July 25, 2025

Synopsis: One of Marvel’s most iconic families makes it back to the big screen, the Fantastic Four.

20. Saw XI

Release Date: September 26, 2025

Synopsis: The 11th installment of the “Saw” film series. 

21. Michael

Release Date:  October 3, 2025

Synopsis: The story of the famous musician Michael Jackson, known as the King of Pop.

22. Mortal Kombat 2

Release Date: October 24, 2025

Synopsis: The world’s greatest fighters clash once again in this  2025 sequel.

23. Predator: Badlands

Release Date: November 7, 2025

Synopsis: In the future, a Predator traverses on an alien wasteland, while two sisters discover their horrifying past. predator: badlands

24. Avatar: Fire and Ash

Release Date: December 19, 2025

Synopsis: The third installment in the Avatar Series arrives right before Christmas, but the plot is still very much unknown. avatar: fire and ash

25. Frankenstein

Release Date: Netflix 2025 (with a Limited Theater Run)

Synopsis: Dr. Pretorius tracks down Frankenstein’s monster, who is believed to have died in a fire forty years before, in order to continue the experiments of Dr. Victor Frankenstein.